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Schools in Waring Township

Waring Township’s public schools

Western Plains Unified School District 106 and LaCrosse Unified School District 395 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waring Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
34%
2021–22
Math proficiency
34%
2021–22
Spent per student
$17.6K
▲ 17% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · LaCrosse Unified School District 395
Students per teacher
8.4
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
339 students on the public path
In brief

Waring Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Waring Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. La Crosse Elementary places highest (better than 77%); La Crosse High lowest (5%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Waring Township, graded from C− to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: La Crosse High and Western Plains High. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Waring Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–83 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to A−
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Western Plains Unified School District 106.

Two districts serve Waring Township

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Western Plains Unified School District 106Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 127 students, up 15% since 2020–21 · 7.5 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$22,449KS $14,966 · FY2024
B+
LaCrosse Unified School District 395Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 249 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 8.9 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,555KS $14,966 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Western Plains Unified School District 10634%
State average 32.5% · 54 students tested
Math · PK–12, Western Plains Unified School District 10634%
State average 29.4% · 57 students tested
Reading · PK–12, LaCrosse Unified School District 39537%
State average 32.5% · 148 students tested
Math · PK–12, LaCrosse Unified School District 39522%
State average 29.4% · 147 students tested

Waring Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Waring Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Waring Township—Western Plains Unified School District 106 PK–12 · LaCrosse Unified School District 395 PK–12
Bazine—Western Plains Unified School District 106
Ogallah—WaKeeney Unified School District 208 PK–12 · Ellis Unified School District 388 PK–12
Hampton-Fairview—LaCrosse Unified School District 395
Nevada—Western Plains Unified School District 106
WaKeeneyC−WaKeeney Unified School District 208

2 of the 5 neighbors share Western Plains Unified School District 106 with Waring Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Waring Township

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Waring Townshipin other towns
La Crosse Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · La Crosse
A−
125 students10:1Rate it →
Western Plains North Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Ransom
B−
62 students11:1Rate it →
Western Plains South Elem/Jr High
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Bazine
C−
31 students4:1Rate it →
La Crosse High
High · Grades 9–12 · La Crosse
D
87 students8:1Rate it →
Western Plains High
High · Grades 9–12 · Ransom
34 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Waring Township’s schools

Are Waring Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Waring Township. Western Plains Unified School District 106 and LaCrosse Unified School District 395 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waring Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Waring Township in?

Western Plains Unified School District 106 and LaCrosse Unified School District 395.

Where do Waring Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: La Crosse High and Western Plains High.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.